Strip #71

In 7th grade, I was moved into a “School for the Gifted,” meaning all the really smart kids were localized into a smaller, exclusive school where they could be “challenged more effectively.” Sound like fun to you?

Halfway through the year, I was told to make regular visits to the school counselor for a number of reasons, the most prominent being my teachers’ observations of my social skills (or lack thereof).

What they failed to realize was that the problem wasn’t with me; rather, it was because the other students were all pretentious, elitist punks who wanted nothing to do with me and my non-stellar 2.0 GPA at the time.

Gotta love middle school.

16 Comments

Facade Kitsune
on February 24th, 2015 at 12:26 pm

I can’t tell is he scared by how he envisions retail has gotten “interesting” or is he trying to consider that his career choice may need to change to be where the action is?

To be fair, Alex WAS warned about it! XD Not to mention, that was stuff that actually happened to me while working as stock at a white goods and electronics store. One must be very, VERY careful when trying to unload a truck quickly.